-Founded in 1954 in U.S.A. by L. Ron Hubbard -Based off of his works "Dianetics" -Actual Meaning: Knowing about Knowing
KEY BELIEFS
-Reincarnation -Separation of spirit (thetan) and body -Spirit is billions of years old and has lived in other bodies and on other planets -When someone dies, spirit picks up new body in hospital nursery -No Heaven or Hell -Supreme Being
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-Individual spirit is a sort of god when it is at full potential -Does not pronounce whether there is God or not -Power of spirit has almost no limit: Can even blow up planets -Spirit is basically a "good spirit" -MAIN GOAL: Remove Earth and Mind of bad spirits!
SACRED TEXTS
-All books written by founder, L. Ron Hubbard, which include: -Dianetics: the Original Thesis -Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health -Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science -Science of Survival -Self Analysis -History of Man -Scientology: 88 -Scientology 8:80 -Scientology: 8-8008 -How to Live Though an Executive -Scientology 55 -The Creation of Human Ability -Scientology the Fundamentals of Thought - The Problems of Work -All About Radiation -Have You Lived Before This Life? -Scientology a New Slant on Life -Introduction to Scientology Ethics -The Phoenix Lectures PRACTICES -Auditing- form of spiritual counseling between a Scientology minister and a parishioner -Bridge to Total Freedom- two complementary religious practices of auditing and training -E-Meters- used to measure the mental state or change of state of a person, helping the auditor and parishioner locate and handle areas of spiritual distress existing below the individual’s current awareness FUN FACTS -Scientologists do believe in a Supreme Being, but do not worship one. Scientology believes that only through total spiritual enlightenment can one then truly discover and understand the Supreme Being. -The Church of Scientology is the first large organization to be banned from editing Wikipedia. -Germany is seeking to ban Scientology. -Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lisa Cartwright (Simpsons) and Anne Archer are members of the Church of Scientology. -Scientology involves the practice of ‘auditing,’ which is a one-on-one session with a Scientology counselor or ‘auditor.’ -It involves an E-meter, that measures changes in electrical resistance through the body and supposedly helps locate areas of concern. -The Church of Scientology and all of it’s companies do not pay tax because they fall under the categories of religious practices. -Scientology holds a religious status only in the United States and Australia
THE ANSWER: SCIENTOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!
ORIGIN
-Founded in 1954 in U.S.A. by L. Ron Hubbard-Based off of his works "Dianetics"
-Actual Meaning: Knowing about Knowing
KEY BELIEFS
-Reincarnation-Separation of spirit (thetan) and body
-Spirit is billions of years old and has lived in other bodies and on other planets
-When someone dies, spirit picks up new body in hospital nursery
-No Heaven or Hell
-Supreme Being
-Individual spirit is a sort of god when it is at full potential
-Does not pronounce whether there is God or not
-Power of spirit has almost no limit: Can even blow up planets
-Spirit is basically a "good spirit"
-MAIN GOAL: Remove Earth and Mind of bad spirits!
SACRED TEXTS
-All books written by founder, L. Ron Hubbard, which include:-Dianetics: the Original Thesis
-Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
-Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science
-Science of Survival
-Self Analysis
-History of Man
-Scientology: 88
-Scientology 8:80
-Scientology: 8-8008
-How to Live Though an Executive
-Scientology 55
-The Creation of Human Ability
-Scientology the Fundamentals of Thought
- The Problems of Work
-All About Radiation
-Have You Lived Before This Life?
-Scientology a New Slant on Life
-Introduction to Scientology Ethics
-The Phoenix Lectures
PRACTICES
-Auditing- form of spiritual counseling between a Scientology minister and a parishioner
-Bridge to Total Freedom- two complementary religious practices of auditing and training
-E-Meters- used to measure the mental state or change of state of a person, helping the auditor and parishioner locate and handle areas of spiritual distress existing below the individual’s current awareness
FUN FACTS
-Scientologists do believe in a Supreme Being, but do not worship one. Scientology believes that only through total spiritual enlightenment can one then truly discover and understand the Supreme Being.
-The Church of Scientology is the first large organization to be banned from editing Wikipedia.
-Germany is seeking to ban Scientology.
-Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lisa Cartwright (Simpsons) and Anne Archer are members of the Church of Scientology.
-Scientology involves the practice of ‘auditing,’ which is a one-on-one session with a Scientology counselor or ‘auditor.’
-It involves an E-meter, that measures changes in electrical resistance through the body and supposedly helps locate areas of concern.
-The Church of Scientology and all of it’s companies do not pay tax because they fall under the categories of religious practices.
-Scientology holds a religious status only in the United States and Australia